thecr4ne wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 10:30 am

ChudFusk wrote: Sun Mar 02, 2025 6:36 pm Sometimes that works for me, but other times it makes me say “fuck it, might as well have fun now”

Same dude. Same.

I just got a 28” china cymbal as a “fuck it” purchase, so I’m not gonna crap on anyone’s silly gear purchases!

twelvepoint wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 7:21 pm 28” china cymbal

At what point does it just become a gong..

penningtron wrote: Wed Mar 05, 2025 7:04 am

twelvepoint wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 7:21 pm 28” china cymbal

At what point does it just become a gong..

It’s definitely a textural/soundscape mallet instrument more than an invert and overplay on metal songs cymbal.

Mostly I was kinda intrigued by a very attractive bronze-to-dollar ratio, and expect these are gonna go up in price soon

https://www.steveweissmusic.com/product ... na-cymbals

Even that gave me a bit of sticker shock. I remember when Wuhans were $60, granted those were more standard sizes.

But yeah.. tech and death metal drummers should probably start marching in the streets.

twelvepoint wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 7:21 pm I just got a 28” china cymbal as a “fuck it” purchase, so I’m not gonna crap on anyone’s silly gear purchases!

this is peak nihilism

thecr4ne wrote:

twelvepoint wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 7:21 pm I just got a 28” china cymbal as a “fuck it” purchase, so I’m not gonna crap on anyone’s silly gear purchases!

this is peak nihilism

I was thinking it's more "How we live like Damn Hell Ass Kings".

LIVING!

I had to move my pedals onto my bigger board and so I have a little more wiggle room per pedal. I put my Joyo AC Tone in place of my trusty OD-3 as my main dirtier/loudener and really liked what I heard—I’m a sucker for jangly-yet-dirty tones a la Weller et al). Now I’m wondering if I should look for a Tech 21 Liverpool V2, mostly for better build quality (I’ve had an AC Tone die on me in the past randomly) and for the speaker emulation defeat switch.

Should I go down this path? Or look for a different Vox-in-a-Box? Or suck it down and stick with the OD-3 that has served me well for so long?

(I’ve tried two other Vox-flavoured pedals in the past, Vox’s own Mystic Edge and the Tone City Black Tea, itself a clone of the Carl Martin AC Tone [no relation to the Joyo]. The former sounded great but had a real flabby low end, and the Black Tea didn’t really sound good at all and had a weird ambient noise I couldn’t dial out.)

defendyachtrock wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 2:22 pm Should I go down this path? Or look for a different Vox-in-a-Box? Or suck it down and stick with the OD-3 that has served me well for so long?

If it ain't broke....

I ended up going with the Vox Copperhead I have (nominally a MIAB). Bandmate recommended I scoop the mids on it, so that plus hitting the bright switch seems to equal jangly madness.

Definitely still keeping the OD-3 around though since there’s every chance I swap it back in. First band practice in a while, in our new practice space is Tuesday so this new setup will get a workout for sure.

Realisation! I will never play guitar in a band setting ever again. My frankly "too much" stereo setup of a couple of smallish tube amps is overkill for the bedroom, but I do love me some swirl. I'm seriously considering a sell-off/clear-out and bagging one of the smaller Roland Jazz Chorus amps, the JC-40 or JC-22, as an alternative.

Any good/bad experiences with either the 40 or 22?